This poll makes some assumptions I find fallacious. i.e. That a given type of armor can only provide damage reduction from a single specific source (either melee or ranged projectiles, but not both.) A standard bow and arrow is not particularly effective against a suit of plate, just as a standard slashing sword is not. A musket, on the other hand, is so effective that steel plate was abandoned in favor of brightly colored cloth costumes (because in the face of firearms, why bother?)

 

Select any armor I want? M1A2 Abrams tank.

I imagine the penalties for boresighting to target your spells from inside the tank are going to be huge.

 

 

I don't really care what the bonus for a specific armor is. Be it +50% damage resistance, +6 to sheer badassery or +25 anti-meta-spell-penetration-resilience, as long as armored spell-caster builds are going to be viable and competitive I'll be fine with it.

 

Isn't it a given that this tank is fully fueled and armed, if not crewed?

Edited November 5, 201213 yr by AGX-17

Easy solution, make armor use skill dependant, and make it an expensive skill. Make the spell casting schools expensive skills as well. But that would probably make the game much more skill oriented than is intended now.

I dislike armor use skill because it's a bit like a shoe use skill. Some other solution would be preferable.

 

I agree with this. Only "real" skills. No checking for 1353 different skills every 5 minutes in the game please.

 

You have to learn how to move in armor too, what armor restricts you in what ways, how to dodge etc. If you don't have a problem with weapon skills, armor skill shouldn't be too far out.

 

Make it one skill, and make it reduce the penalties you get from wearing armor vs. unarmored (lowered dodge skill, weapon skill, magic skill), where heavier armor inflicts greater penalties.